Solved hard disk changed to dynamic type after using disk management

[christin91]

I am facing problem of unable to shrink c drive in my windows 7 home premium.I have read everyone writing in about not to change the hard disk to dynamic type,but after partitioning one time using disk management now all my partitions are dynamic type & I still have 288gb left in c drive.
I need help.

 

[bigmck]

Read this tutorial on how to covert back from Dynamic. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/26829-convert-dynamic-disk-basic-disk.html

 

[christin91]

thanks for the reply.will doing what u said above help me to shrink my c drive to about 150gb?
i'm using hp pavilion dv6-7012tx.there are 4 local disks-c,g,h&recovery.
also i have seen in other win7 home premium users that their local disks are either primary or logical type,but all my disks are dynamic.is that a problem?please provide simple solutions as i'm a new user.

 

[Arc]

Hi Christin, can you post a screenshot of your disk management window please ?

It will help us to see the situation and provide more help in this issue.

If you havent restarted after that conversion, dont do it; till you get the suggestions what to do there to secure your installation and partitions. You may not be able to boot back after restart.

 

[Kaktussoft]

I am facing problem of unable to shrink c drive in my windows 7 home premium.I have read everyone writing in about not to change the hard disk to dynamic type,but after partitioning one time using disk management now all my partitions are dynamic type & I still have 288gb left in c drive.
I need help.

You have created more then 4 primary partitions! Win7 did show you a popup message and asked you to convert it to dynamic disk. You didn't read it?

 

[christin91]

hey arc thanks fr reading my post.here's the screenshot of my disk management:


I don't know whether dynamic type is a problem or not.I just want to shrink the size of c drive & extend size of g...
all the suggestions are welcome.

 

[Arc]

See this video to know how to convert dynamic disk to basic without lossing partitions and data

Video help on how to convert dynamic disk to basic disk with Partition Wizard partition magic?

If there are more than four partitions in a disk, it will be converted to dynamic. At first you are to convert your data partitions to extended first, and then you can make more partitions there.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I don't know whether dynamic type is a problem or not.

Dynamic is a problem.

Dynamic is a BIG problem. Avoid dynamic whenever it is offered.

One thing at a time.

First, get rid of dynamic by using Partition Wizard.

Then and only then should you consider shrinking a partition.

 

[christin91]

if i use partition wizard to change my disk from dynamic type,will i lose any data.also to what type will my disk change to.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

if i use partition wizard to change my disk from dynamic type,will i lose any data.also to what type will my disk change to.

From dynamic to basic.

You might lose data. It's always a possibility.

So back up your data before you start.

 

[christin91]

if i use partition wizard to change my disk from dynamic type,will i lose any data.also to what type will my disk change to.

From dynamic to basic.

You might lose data. It's always a possibility.

So back up your data before you start.

that means after changing my disk to basic type i'll be able to shrink my c drive?

 

[gregrocker]

You should not lose data using a non-destructive method like PW version 4.2 - the last version it was a free feature in PW. Download and burn the CD using Windows Image Burner from pw422.zip ISO - You need the CD for rescue purposes.

Boot the CD and follow these steps: .How to convert dynamic disk to basic disk with Partition Wizard?

You will need to delete the partitions first which you added that caused it to convert to Dynamic. Why would you allow it to do that if you didn't know what problems it was going to cause? You could have asked here and we would have told you to convert C to Logical, shrink it to add as many Logical partitions as you wish: How to set partition as Primary or Logical.
Partition Wizard Resize Partition Video Help.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

that means after changing my disk to basic type i'll be able to shrink my c drive?

Yes---and Partition Wizard is the best tool for that.

Follow Greg's link.

 

[christin91]

See this video to know how to convert dynamic disk to basic without lossing partitions and data

Video help on how to convert dynamic disk to basic disk with Partition Wizard partition magic?

If there are more than four partitions in a disk, it will be converted to dynamic. At first you are to convert your data partitions to extended first, and then you can make more partitions there.

hey arc watched the video,but u may have noticed in that video that eventhough the disk was dynamic type some local disks where primary type & some logical type.i'm talking about that.
also in that video after converting to basic type some local disks changed to FAT32.what do u say about that?

 

[christin91]

that means after changing my disk to basic type i'll be able to shrink my c drive?

Yes---and Partition Wizard is the best tool for that.

Follow Greg's link.

could u please tell me from where to download this partition wizard app?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

that means after changing my disk to basic type i'll be able to shrink my c drive?

Yes---and Partition Wizard is the best tool for that.

Follow Greg's link.

could u please tell me from where to download this partition wizard app?

It's already been posted in this thread.

The first link in post 12.

 

[Arc]

Christin you just follow this post by Greg :ar: http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...fter-using-disk-management-2.html#post2018708 .

I am sure that you will get the basic disk back without losing any data.

 

[christin91]

You will need to delete the partitions first which you added that caused it to convert to Dynamic. Why would you allow it to do that if you didn't know what problems it was going to cause? You could have asked here and we would have told you to convert C to Logical, shrink it to add as many Logical partitions as you wish

hey greg i'm totally new to this windows 7 family.I just followed a video in youtube.Had no idea what is a dynamic or logical.
thanks to your suggestion.I'm going do it by your way,but I have just one doubt:
you said "delete the partitions first which you added that caused it to convert to Dynamic" that means do I have delete my f & g drives?

 

[gregrocker]

Are those the ones you added that caused it to convert to Dynamic?

If so then they must be deleted first after backing up your data. You can only have four Primary partitions or three Primary and unlimited Logical on a Basic disk.

 

[christin91]

Are those the ones you added that caused it to convert to Dynamic?

If so then they must be deleted first after backing up your data. You can only have four Primary partitions or three Primary and unlimited Logical on a Basic disk.

originally my laptop had c drive & recovery drive.then I used disk management & shrinked c & created f & g.This is the case.So according to you i'll have to delete these 2 local disks?
The f drive contains movies & g drive contains softwares.Can they be backed up?If yes how?
Sorry for these silly questions I have already told that I'm new to windows 7.